Just Like That, Sakhan Dosova No Longer World’s Oldest Person

Last month we wrote about Sakhan Dosova, a woman from Kazakhstan who created a sensation when it was revealed that she might be 130 years old, easily making her the world's oldest person.  Now, in one of life's strange twists of irony, Sakhan Dosova has apparently broken her hip and died after a freak fall in her new flat.  With the death of Sakhan Dosova, American woman Gertrude Baines once again takes the reigns as the world's oldest living person at 115.

Before her recent stardom Dosova apparently lived a simple life, eating simple foods, rarely seeking medical treatment, and avoiding many of the trappings of modern society.  But after Dosova's age was revealed a few months ago and she became a world sensation all this changed.  The Daily Mail reported that Sakhan Dosova was recently given a new flat by officials in Kazakhstan who were embarrassed that the country's overnight celebrity was living in overcrowded conditions with her impoverished family.  It sure is ironic to think that Dosova's death may have been ushered in at least partly by her sudden departure from the simple life that had served her well for so many years.